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Hirohito Sone

Hirohito Sone

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Medicine

D-Index
81
Citations
26928
World Ranking
16533
National Ranking
520

Overview

Hirohito Sone is affiliated with Niigata University in Japan and has an extensive publication record primarily in the field of medicine. Their research focuses on several interconnected areas within medicine, especially endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The main fields of study for Hirohito Sone include Medicine, with particular emphasis on subfields such as Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Their primary research topics cover:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hirohito Sone include:

  • Japan Atherosclerosis Society (JAS) Guidelines for Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases 2022, 2023, Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis
  • The Key Characteristics of Carcinogens: Relationship to the Hallmarks of Cancer, Relevant Biomarkers, and Assays to Measure Them, 2020, Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • Accuracy of Japanese claims data in identifying diabetes-related complications, 2021, Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
  • Diabetes mellitus and risk of new-onset and recurrent heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, ESC Heart Failure
  • Ability of Current Machine Learning Algorithms to Predict and Detect Hypoglycemia in Patients With Diabetes Mellitus: Meta-analysis, 2021, JMIR Diabetes

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Kazuya Fujihara
  • Takaho Yamada
  • MAYUKO H. YAMADA
  • Yasuhiro Matsubayashi
  • Satoru Kodama

Hirohito Sone's work is published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent publication outlets being:

  • Diabetes
  • Blood
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Nutrients
  • Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Best Publications

  • Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Quantitative Predictor of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in Healthy Men and Women: A Meta-analysis

    Satoru Kodama;Kazumi Saito;Shiro Tanaka;Miho Maki

  • EFFECT OF AEROBIC EXERCISE TRAINING ON SERUM LEVELS OF HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL: A META-ANALYSIS

    Satoru Kodama;Shiro Tanaka;Kazumi Saito;Miao Shu

  • Association Between Serum Uric Acid and Development of Type 2 Diabetes

    Satoru Kodama;Kazumi Saito;Yoko Yachi;Mihoko Asumi

  • Crucial role of a long-chain fatty acid elongase, Elovl6, in obesity-induced insulin resistance

    Takashi Matsuzaka;Hitoshi Shimano;Naoya Yahagi;Naoya Yahagi;Toyonori Kato

  • Polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c promoter activity by inhibition of liver X receptor (LXR) binding to LXR response elements

    Tomohiro Yoshikawa;Hitoshi Shimano;Naoya Yahagi;Tomohiro Ide

  • SREBPs suppress IRS-2-mediated insulin signalling in the liver

    Tomohiro Ide;Hitoshi Shimano;Naoya Yahagi;Takashi Matsuzaka

  • Cross-talk between peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha and liver X receptor (LXR) in nutritional regulation of fatty acid metabolism. I. PPARs suppress sterol regulatory element binding protein-1c promoter through inhibition of LXR signaling.

    Tomohiro Yoshikawa;Tomohiro Ide;Hitoshi Shimano;Naoya Yahagi

  • Dual regulation of mouse Δ5- and Δ6-desaturase gene expression by SREBP-1 and PPARα

    Takashi Matsuzaka;Hitoshi Shimano;Naoya Yahagi;Michiyo Amemiya-Kudo

  • Alcohol Consumption and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis

    Satoru Kodama;Kazumi Saito;Shiro Tanaka;Chika Horikawa

  • Skipping breakfast and prevalence of overweight and obesity in Asian and Pacific regions: a meta-analysis.

    Chika Horikawa;Satoru Kodama;Yoko Yachi;Yoriko Heianza

  • HbA1c 5·7–6·4% and impaired fasting plasma glucose for diagnosis of prediabetes and risk of progression to diabetes in Japan (TOPICS 3): a longitudinal cohort study

    Yoriko Heianza;Shigeko Hara;Yasuji Arase;Kazumi Saito

  • Severe Hypercholesterolemia, Hypertriglyceridemia, and Atherosclerosis in Mice Lacking Both Leptin and the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor *

    Alyssa H. Hasty;Hitoshi Shimano;Jun-ichi Osuga;Ichiji Namatame

  • Diabetes and risk of hearing impairment in adults: a meta-analysis.

    Chika Horikawa;Satoru Kodama;Shiro Tanaka;Kazuya Fujihara;Kazuya Fujihara

  • Obesity and type 2 diabetes in Japanese patients.

    Hirohito Sone;Hideki Ito;Yasuo Ohashi;Yasuo Akanuma

  • Comparisons of the Strength of Associations With Future Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Anthropometric Obesity Indicators, Including Waist-to-Height Ratio: A Meta-Analysis

    Satoru Kodama;Chika Horikawa;Kazuya Fujihara;Yoriko Heianza

  • Cross-Talk between Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor (PPAR) α and Liver X Receptor (LXR) in Nutritional Regulation of Fatty Acid Metabolism. II. LXRs Suppress Lipid Degradation Gene Promoters through Inhibition of PPAR Signaling

    Tomohiro Ide;Hitoshi Shimano;Tomohiro Yoshikawa;Naoya Yahagi

  • Association Between Physical Activity and Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease in Patients With Diabetes: A meta-analysis

    Satoru Kodama;Shiro Tanaka;Yoriko Heianza;Kazuya Fujihara

  • Serum level of triglycerides is a potent risk factor comparable to LDL cholesterol for coronary heart disease in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: subanalysis of the Japan Diabetes Complications Study (JDCS).

    Hirohito Sone;Sachiko Tanaka;Shiro Tanaka;Satoshi Iimuro

  • Prevalence of albuminuria and renal insufficiency and associated clinical factors in type 2 diabetes: the Japan Diabetes Clinical Data Management study (JDDM15)

    Hiroki Yokoyama;Hirohito Sone;Mariko Oishi;Koichi Kawai

  • Palmitate Impairs and Eicosapentaenoate Restores Insulin Secretion Through Regulation of SREBP-1c in Pancreatic Islets

    Toyonori Kato;Hitoshi Shimano;Takashi Yamamoto;Mayumi Ishikawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Nobuhiro Yamada
Nobuhiro Yamada University of Tsukuba
Hitoshi Shimano
Hitoshi Shimano University of Tsukuba
Yasuo Ohashi
Yasuo Ohashi Chuo University
Naoya Yahagi
Naoya Yahagi University of Tsukuba
Yasuo Akanuma
Yasuo Akanuma University of Tokyo
Shun Ishibashi
Shun Ishibashi Jichi Medical University
Yasuji Arase
Yasuji Arase University of Yamanashi
Kazuto Kobayashi
Kazuto Kobayashi Fukushima Medical University
Koichi Ohshima
Koichi Ohshima Kurume University
Takashi Yamamoto
Takashi Yamamoto Hiroshima University

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